Vapor-burner.



W. CHAUSSE.

VAPOR BURNER. 4APPLIOIUIIOH.FILED 00T. 31,1998.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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WILFRID CHAUSS, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TOLANDON P., SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND ONE-HALF TO GUY OSBORN, OFMOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

VAPOR-BURNER.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILFRID CHAUss, a citizen of the United States,and residing at' Long Island City, in the county of Queens and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor-Burners, of which the following is a specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which itvappertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to vapor burners, torches and other devices ofthis class which burn hydro-carbons; and the object thereof is toprovide an improved burner or torch of this class which may be used as apaint burner, as a heater for soldering irons and other articles, andfor similar purposes, and which may also be used as an illuminatingburner or lamp; and with this and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of one formof my improved vapor burner or torch, part of the construction being insection, Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, Fig. 3 asimilar section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l, Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig.l,

but showing a modification and only a part of the device, and ,-Fig. 5 asection on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4l.

Iu the practice of my invention, I pro-` vide a can or receptacle a ofthe usual or any preferred form and construction andv designed to holdthe hydro-carbons to be burned and with which the burner Z) is con"nected. The burner b as shown in Figs. l to 3 inclusive comprises a tubeb2 open at one end as shown at b3 and closed at the other as shown atb4.

Vithin the open end portion of the tube (7)2 and extendinglongitudinally thereof and preferably through more than y one-halfthereof and forming a longitudinal partition therein is a casing c whichis oblong in cross section as clearly shown in Fig. 3 and which dividesthe said Part of the tube b2 into twolongitudinal flues or passages b5Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led Detober 31, 1908.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909. serial No. 460,477.

and Z2, and within the casing c is .placed wire mesh or gauze c2, andthe interior of said casing c 1n which the wire mesh or gauze .is placedforms. a vaporizing and super- .heating chamber.

is open, and the tube d extends through the inner end of the casing cand ranges longitudinally of the top portion of the tube b2 and adjacentto the closed end b* of said tube b2 thetube d is provided with acoupling head Z2 having two extensions Z3 which range downwardly andoutwardly and with eachk of which is connected a needle valve device e.The needle valve devices epass through the closed end b* of the tube b2and range longitudinally and centrally of the fiues or passages b5 and bin the main tube b2 of the burner, and said needle valve devices areprovided at their inner ends with ports e2 which are controlled byneedle valves e3 in the usual manner.

In the closed end portion of the main tube (7)2 of the burner, is placeda partition which corresponds in position with the casing c and forms anextension thereof, and

the partition f divides the closed end portion' arranged ports 'orpassages 67, and placed on said tube b2 is a band g having correspondingports or passages, and this construction forms an air register device byvwhich air may be admitted to the lues or passages b5 and 56 in anydesired quantity,

and by which the said admission of air may be entirely cut off wheneverdesired.

The burner proper is connected with the can a by a tube h which is alsofilled with wire or similar material 02 and extends through the tube b2.of the burner and into the inner end portion of the casing c whichforms the vaporizing and super-heating chamber, and the tube h ispreferably provided with a small pan or receptacle z' in which, inpractice, is placed a small amount of liquid hydro-carbon which isignited and the heat of which will generate a suiiicient amount of vaporto start the burner and in lighting the burner proper a match or otherigniter is applied to the open end of the tube b2.

In the operation of this device the vapor passes into the inner end ofthe casing c which forms a generator and super-heater and through saidcasing as indicated bythe arrows m and longitudinally of said casing andinto the open end of the tube Z through which it passes to the needlevalve devices e by which it is dischai'ged into the iues or passages b5and Z1, froni which it is discharged at the open end of the tube b2. Itwill be understood that in this operation the casing c and the Wire meshor gauze therein are highly heated, and this heats the vapor to therequisite degree and the Wire mesh oi' .gauze in the casing c alsoserves as a strainer and prevents any foreign substances in thehydro-carbon from passing into the tube cZ.

lWhen it is desired to use the device as a paint burner or breainei` andfor any purpose inWhich a high degree of heat without illumination isdesired the band g is turned :so as to admit the requisite amount of airto the flues or passages b5 and o, but when it is desired to use thedevice as an illuininator, said band is turned so as to cut ott the flowof air into said fines or passages. y

In practice, .the can u may be provided especially When a large deviceof this class is required With an air puinp j, but said pump forms nopart of this invention.

In the construction shown Figs. 4t and 5 I employ a burner whichcomprises a tube 71;., the end 702 of Which is open and preferablyprovided with a discharge nozzle 7e, and connected with the tube 7i, .isa tube Z which vranges longitudinally `of the bottom of the tube 7c andin the direction of the end 7a2 thereof and passes upwardly through thebottom of the tube 7c into the interior thereof, and then extendslongitudinally of thebottom of said tube 7c :and Within said tube to theend V7a4 thereof Where it connects with the head 705 of a needle valvedevice 706. The head 705 of the needle valve device 7c rangesdiametrically of the end 7a* of the tube 7c, and the end 7a4 of the tube7: is open at each side thereof as shown at 7cT in Fig. 5, and the partZ2 of the tube Z communicates with the interior lof the head .75 of theneedle.

valve device k6, and said head is provided ivith a port or passage 708through which, in the operation of the burner, vapor is discharged intothe tube 7c and said needle valve device 766 is controlled by a needlevalve m inthe usual manner. The tube 7L and the tube Z and that partthereof Within the tube 7c :of the burner are filled With Wire gauze orsimilar material as shown at c2, and that part of the tube 7c adjacentto the head .765 A.of the needle valve device is provided With annularlyarranged ports or passages 0 designed to admit air to said tube. Thisform of construction is intendedy for use only as a torch, or as a paintbreainer or burner or for other purposes where a high degree of heat isdesired. The tube 7L may also be provided with a pan i as shown in Fig.1 if desired, and in the opera-tion of this form of construction thevapor passes through the tube 7i into the tube Z and through the part Z2of the tube Z within the tube 7c and longitudinally vof said tube 7cinto the head /c5 of the needle valve device 7c, from Which it isdischarged into the tube 7c, from which it flows through the nozzle 77"'or through the open end 7a2 of the tube 7c Vvwhere' it is ignited in theusual inani'ier.. Iii-this opera-tion the vapor is highly heated inthetube Z2 which forms .a .generator or super-heater, and the requisiteamount of vapor` is .continually discharged into the tube 7c as long as"the .device is in use.

The construction shown in `Figs. 4; and 5 of the accompanying drawing isnot claimed in this case but togetherv With other features ofconstruction is made the subject of an` other .application liled by meon the 3rd day .of August, 1.909, Serial No. 511,013.`

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. A vapor burner comprising a tubehaving a discharge at one end and a needleV valve device at theVopposite end,y a vapor generator and .super-heater placed and ranginglongitudinally of .the discharge end portion of said tube and divi-dingthe :saine into separate fliies or passages, means for supplyinghydro-carbon to the inner end portion of the vapor generator and supernheater, .a tube extending longitudinally through said vapor generatorand superheater .and connected With the -needle valve device, saidneedle valve device being pro vided with. two needle valve membersadapted to discharge vapor into .both of said flues or passages.

2. A vapor burner comprising a tube having .a discharge at one end and.a needlevalve device at the opposite end, a vapor generator andsuper-heater placed in and ranging longitudinally of the discharge endportion of said tube and dividing the saine into sepyai-ate iiues orpassages, means for supplying hydro-carbon to the inner end portion ofthe vapor generator and super-heater, a tube extending longitudinallythrough .said vapor generator and super-heater .and connected with theneedle valve device, said needle valve device being provided with tvv-oneedle vvalve members each adapted to dischargevapor into one of saidnues or passages, the end portion cf said tube which the needle valvedevice is placed being also provided With .a partition forming .acontinuation of the vapor ing a discharge at one end and a needle valvedevice at the opposite end, a vapor generator and super-heater placed inand ranging longitudinally of the discharge end portion of said tube anddividing the same into sep arate iues or passages, means for supplyinghydro-carbon to the inner end portion of the vapor generator andsuper-heater7 a tube eX- tending longitudinally through said vaporgenerator and super-heater and connected with the needle valve device,said needle valve device being provided with tivo needle valve memberseach adapted to discharge vapor into one of'said lues or passages, the

end portion of said tube in which the needle valve device is placedbeing also provided with a partition forming a continuation of the vaporgenerator and super-heater, and said end portion of said tube beingalsoprovided With an air register.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 29th day of October,1908.

WILFRID CI-IAUSSE.

Vitnesses A. R. APPLEMAN, C. E. MULREANY.

